On May 15, 2016 President Barack H. Obama became the first sitting United States President to give a Rutgers Commencement address. Before his 42 minute speech celebrating the 250th anniversary of the chartering of Rutgers, he met with head football coach Chris Ash who presented him with a Rutgers football jersey. The previous year, the men had met when Ash was among the members of the Ohio State Buckeyes who were invited to celebrate their football championship with the President at the White House according to May 20, 2016 article at www.mycentraljersey.com. “We presented him with a Rutgers football jersey with his name on the back,” Ash said. “To have him here for graduation and get a chance to shake his hand, it was an outstanding experience.”
Included among those the President met were athletic director Pat Hobbs and former player Eric LeGrand.
Now your Rutgers football trivia queston. Name the only three known* U.S. Presidents to have stood at the site (actually over it) of the first college football game held November 6, 1869 at College Field where the College Avenue Gym sits?
*Known because it is not clear if George Washington trod over the site when his troops were here during the Revolutionary War.
Included among those the President met were athletic director Pat Hobbs and former player Eric LeGrand.
Now your Rutgers football trivia queston. Name the only three known* U.S. Presidents to have stood at the site (actually over it) of the first college football game held November 6, 1869 at College Field where the College Avenue Gym sits?
*Known because it is not clear if George Washington trod over the site when his troops were here during the Revolutionary War.
